BMW is seeking supremacy in the luxury limo class with a new addition to the 7 Series line-up. Ian Robertson puts the new 740d through its paces.
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Twin Test – BMW 530d SE vs Jaguar XF 3.0 V6 Diesel S Premium Luxury
This summer’s World Cup saw England trounced by Germany in an infamous 4-1 defeat. Here comes another big match where Coventry goes head-to-head with Munich. Who will be victorious this time around, the Big Cat or the Beemer? Sue Baker reports.
BMW 3-Series 2.5 325d SE (DC 227)
BMW regards the 3 Series as the spine of its range. And now it has added a couple of extra vertebrae in the form of new diesel engines to give added strength to its backbone best-seller. One of them is…
BMW 3-Series 3.0 335d SE (DC 227)
BMW regards the 3 Series as the spine of its range. And now it has added a couple of extra vertebrae in the form of new diesel engines to give added strength to its backbone best-seller. One of them is…
BMW X5 3.0d SE (DC 189)
In the grand scheme of anti-SUVism, it’s always the Land Rover Discoverys and Mercedes MLs that get all the stick. BMW’s equally sports-ute X5 seems to escape the hysteria – and that can’t just be because BMW insists it’s an…
BMW 6-Series 635d Sport Convertible
With the new Audi A5,and the storming success of the four-door Mercedes-Benz CLS, there is suddenly more competition in the luxury coupé market. Almost half the sales of BMW’s 6-Series are accounted for by the swish convertible, so can a…
BMW X3 3.0d M Sport
A chunky, compact off-roader with on-road dynamic ability? Ahh, that will be the BMW X3 then. Now available with a much improved 2-litre diesel engine that achieves the Holy Grail of more power and better fuel consumption, it will account…
BMW 635d Sport Coupe
Until the arrival of the Audi R8 V12 TDI, the BMW 635d remains the daddy of diesel powered supercars. But, does the uber-Coupé from Bavaria have what it takes to blow its petrol powered opposition into the weeds? Say what…
BMW 7-Series 730d SE Saloon
LICENCE GUARDIAN LIMOUSINE Credit crunch – what’s that? Clearly not something that impacts on those buyers at the top end of the car market who are still capable of finding the £54,000-plus needed to put a brand new BMW 730d…
BMW 1-Series 123d M Sport 3-door
THE COMPROMISED DRIVING MACHINE Rewind back to 1986, and if you wanted 204bhp out of a two-litre engine, you would be looking at Ford’s legendary Sierra RS Cosworth, equipped with a rather large tea-tray rear spoiler. Step forward to 2008,…
